Abdessamad EL KANOUNY

Resume

Abdessamad EL KANOUNY, Ph.D. student, born in November 1995, holds a B.Sc. diploma in Materials and Renewable Energy from the Polydisciplinary Faculty of Safi (FPS), Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco, and a M.Sc. diploma in Advanced Materials from the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies (FSTG), Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech. Currently he is pursuing a PhD in Materials Science at the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, Mohammedia (FSTM), Hassan II University, Morocco. Work Experience: National Institute of Materials Physics (NIMP), Romania - Junior Researcher (since November 2024), team member of Empower and LightCell projects, member of CA21148 - Research and International Networking on Emerging Inorganic Chalcogenides for Photovoltaics (RENEW-PV), Main areas of interest and expertise: chalcogenide-based solar cell fabrication, synthesis of semiconducting thin films for photovoltaic (PV) applications using electrodeposition, pulsed electrodeposition, spin coating, magnetron sputtering, and chemical bath deposition (CBD). Characterization techniques: Raman spectroscopy, photovoltaic measurements, electrochemical measurements, and UV–Vis optical transmission measurements. Awards: Best Poster Award at the ROCAM Conference 2024, Bucharest. Professional profile web-links: Brainmap: https://www.brainmap.ro/abdessamad-el-kanouny, ORCID ID: 0009-0005-0276-1561 ; WoS ResearcherID: KZN-7767-2024.

Publications 1

1 Open Access

Intrinsic and extrinsic stability factors in Sb2S3-x - based solar cells

Besleaga, C; Stancu, V; El Kanouny, A; Laafar, S; Ciobotaru, IC; Bocirnea, AE; Leonat, LN; Pescaru, CA; Simandan, ID; Tomulescu, AG; Stan, GE; Pintilie, I; Galca, AC

APR 2026, MATERIALS & DESIGN, 264, 115733

DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2026.115733

Show abstract

The glass/FTO/TiO2/Sb2S3-x/P3HT/Au solar cells were investigated, with a focus on identifying the origin of performance degradation after exposure to high relative humidity and to mild heat stress. Analyzing the photovoltaic output and Deep-Level Transient Spectroscopy (DLTS) results, we probed the evolution of defect states after thermal exposure and after long-term storage of Sb2S3-x-based devices. The DLTS analysis revealed that shallow hole traps govern the stability of the Sb2S3-x cells. Significantly, it was shown that this shallow defect is not related to chlorine in the absorber, indicating an intrinsic origin. In the broader context of Sb2S3-x photovoltaics, this study underlines the paramount importance of defect engineering towards achieving more stable and efficient Sb2S3-x solar cells.